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SINGAPORE: Singapore's core inflation fell to -0.4 per cent year-on-year in July, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) said in a joint news release on Monday (Jul 23). The latest figure compares with the -0.2 per cent recorded in June. A Reuters poll ...

BEIJING: China said on Monday (Aug 24) it supports relevant companies in taking up legal weapons to safeguard their rights and interests after ByteDance said it would officially file a lawsuit against Trump administration on Aug 24. Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters at a daily ...

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co has agreed to sell its Japanese consumer healthcare business to U.S. investment fund Blackstone Group for 242 billion yen (US$2.3 billion), Japan's largest drugmaker said on Monday.

Asian shares advanced for a second straight session on Monday, underpinned by coronavirus hopes after U.S. regulators authorised the use of blood plasma from recovered patients as a treatment option.

ByteDance investors are in talks to use their stakes in the Chinese technology firm to help finance their bid for its popular short-video app TikTok, according to people familiar with the matter.

THE Network for Electronic Transfers (Nets) has partnered Singtel and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide more cross-border digital payment opportunities in South-east Asia.

SINGAPORE: A man who founded mainboard-listed tech company Trek 2000 International, the firm behind the invention of the thumbdrive, was fined S$80,000 on Monday (Aug 24) for failing to disclose US$10.5 million (S$14.4 million) worth of transactions. These transactions were between the Trek 2000 ...

This will be Apple's third outlet in Singapore.

After struggling first through Lebanon's economic crisis and then the coronavirus pandemic, Ethiopian worker Tarik Kebeda said the deadly blast that ripped through her Beirut home was the final straw.

The enormous rally in tech stocks has further to run, according to analysts at investment bank J.P. Morgan, who recommend staying invested across the sector for its growth potential.